Police release new details about 'execution-style' double homicide

story on Action News is the update this afternoon on the murders of thirston Cooper and Christina Chambers both were found shot to death in Fairmount Park on the night of February 29th police have made two arrest action news reporter John Paul joining us live at Police Headquarters with the details just released this afternoon John yeah Brian Sarah just a short time ago police held a news conference here at headquarters revealing that the victims and the suspects would often go to the same bar and the night of the murders they left together in the same car 20 minutes later two people were dead it's really a senseless crime quite frankly a senseless crime that started innocently enough police say the victims 49-year-old thirston Cooper and 38-year-old Christina Chambers were inside of tups bar on West only on February 29th with the suspects 52-year-old Lamar young and 46-year-old Dale Johnson I think there was contact between Cooper and Johnson that uh young was not happy about and that that was somewhat resolved or it was believed it was resolved at the bar and obviously it wasn't police say they interacted with each other and may have even purchased drinks for each other and around 9:40 both couples left the bar in the same car they escorted him to the car and about 20 minutes later uh we had the car in in the 3800 block of Fairmount and that's where the execution style killings took place Cooper was shot once in the head Chambers shot in the chest and head both left on the side of the road an individual driving through the park happened to see um what he believed were legs of a female that Discovery was just over an hour after the couples left the bar together police would not talk about a motive for the murders but said it was not random now police also revealed that the female suspect Dale Johnson did have a license to carry both suspects face murder charges live outside of police headquarters John Paul Channel 6 Action News Sarah